bah

See also: Bah, BAH, bāh, and Bah.

bah - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /bæ/, /bɑː/
  • Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)

Interjection

bah

  1. (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations


Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /bɑː/
  • Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)

Noun

bah (plural bahs)

  1. Alternative spelling of baa (the cry of a sheep or goat).

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA: [pɑ˨], [b̥-]

Particle

bah

  1. (Manglish, Singlish, rare) Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion.
    • I think you should go see a doctor ba.

Anagrams

bah - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bɑ/
  • Hyphenation: bah

Interjection

bah

  1. An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck

bah - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ba/

Interjection

bah

  1. No.
    • Bah, bah, bah !
    • No, no, no!
  2. An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um
    • Synonym: ben
    • Tu veux jouer aussi ?Bah, ouais.
    • Do you want to play too?Well, yeah.

Anagrams

bah - German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ba(h)/, /baː/, /ba.aː/

Interjection

bah

  1. an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc.

bah - Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bəah/

Noun

bah

  1. flood (overflow of water)

bah - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈbah]
  • Hyphenation: bah

Noun

bah (first-person possessive bahku, second-person possessive bahmu, third-person possessive bahnya)

  1. flood.

Derived terms

  • bah betina
  • bah jantan

Interjection

bah

  1. an exclamation of scorn, disgust, contempt

Interjection

bah

  1. an exclamation of intimacy

bah - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈba/, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination.
  • Hyphenation: bah

Interjection

bah

  1. indicates astonishment, resignation and despise; usually used after noticing or hearing something you don't like or you don't know what to think about, to avoid commenting or giving an answer to a question

bah - Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bah/

Alternative forms

Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)

  1. flood (overflow of water)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bah

Alternative forms

Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Alternative form of abah

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Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Alternative form of bapa

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Noun

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Abbreviation of bahasa.

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Preposition

bah (Jawi spelling به)

  1. Alternative form of bawah

bah - Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of bah – see (“meat; flesh”). (This character, bah, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

bah - Portuguese

Interjection

bah!

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) Alternative form of

bah - Simalungun Batak

Noun

bah

  1. water
  2. river

bah - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈba/ [ˈba]

Interjection

bah

  1. indicates disdain or unbelief

bah - Zou

Verb

bah

  1. bet
Meaning and Definition of bah
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